Note 44 — Chapter II · The History of Cotton and its Introduction into Europe.
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The importation of cotton into Liverpool and London in 1886 was as follows:—
lbs.
American 1,317,562,480
Brazilian 33,832,400
Egyptian 173,340,000
West India, etc. 9,529,910
Surat 148,306,700
Madras 26,729,200
Bengal and Rangoon 32,324,600
Total 1,741,625,290
The prices of the different kinds of cotton vary according to their respective qualities, and are also influenced by the fluctuations of their market value. During 1886 the best Egyptian cotton was sometimes sold as high as 71⁄2d. per lb., and the inferior as low as 33⁄4d. per lb.
The total value of the cotton imported during 1886 was, as I have said, rather over £40,000,000 sterling.